Minka Aire Artemis Ceiling Fan Model F803-RD in High Gloss Red with Artemis High Gloss Red blades. The light fixture comes with this fan… Integrated Light Fixture with Etched Opal Glass for the Artemis. uses 1-100W mini can halogen bulb (bulbs included).. The Artemis is a Contemporary Space Age style Ceiling Fan Designed for use Indoors Only. This fan features a 188mm x 25mm Motor with a Variable Degree Blade Pitch producing 75 to 135 RPMs With an AirFlow rating of 4 where 5 is best. It is operated by a 3 Speed AireControlr Wall Control. Other types of controls are also available.

Minka Aire Contractor Unipack ENERGY STAR Ceiling Fan Model F648-BS in Brushed Steel with Dark Walnut blades. The light fixture comes with this fan… The Contractor Unipack ENERGY STAR is a Traditional style Ceiling Fan Designed for use Indoors Only. This fan features a 153mm x 15mm Motor with a 12 Degree Blade Pitch producing 60 to 180 RPMs With an AirFlow rating of 3 where 5 is best. It is operated by a 3 Speed Standard Pull Chain. Other types of controls are also available. Energy Star Qualified for Greater Efficiency.

I am sick of spending so much time trying to fix my computer and end up spending so much money to get it fixed. So I think it might be useful to document what has happened.

Symptom#1: Google search hijack on Firefox browser – when I click a link in search results, it redirects numerous times to many different websites. I had to keep hitting the “Back” button numerous times to get to where I want to go.

Symptom#2: the memory usage of explorer.exe grows fast – it starts at around 20K at a fresh restart, and can grow to exceed 1 MB in a couple days. This can be seen in the task manager. So for a temporary fix, I end the task, and start it again. (As far as I know all the file does is to manage your desk top icons, etc.)

Solved – so I found this forum where someone offered a solution: go to the firefox extension folder and delete some files. This worked for me for a few days and the nuisance came back while the deleted files did not!

While I can still barely tolerate the symptoms, my computer cannot. After a virus scan, it refused to boot up even into the safe mode. This is about the 99th time when I wonder if I have a problem with my hard drive. The safe mode boot stopped at loading 3rd file.

I connect my computer to my laptop and the Windows security detected a virus and removed it. The above symptoms are finally gone after installing the Rootkit TDSS killer after 3 months of misery.

Symptom#3: Reboot comes up with total blank screen with a non-stop continuous beeping. Again, the hard drive has died?

I had to bring my computer to my friend who operates a repair store. She had to ask her technician to fix the problem.

After that, I end up with like 5 free anti-virus software installed on my computer, including combofix.exe, eset scanner, etc. I am not so impressed by AVG, malwarebyte’s anti-malware, or super anti-spyware. combofix from bleepingcomputer.com seems efficient. Still it did not seem to clean my computer thoroughly.

Symptom#4: After the fix of symptom#3, my computer keeps saying that my Windows are not genuine! I called Gateway, who told me to call Microsoft, who told me to call Gateway.. you know how to goes!

I finally found a tool online that can find your Windows key on your computer. Evidently, the virus (fix) destroyed the path to the Windows key.